Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Louisiana Speaks Documentary Nominated for an Emmy

The hour-long documentary "Louisiana Speaks: Our Voice, Our Plan, Our Future," produced by Louisiana Speaks and Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB) has been nominated for an Emmy award by the Suncoast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The Suncoast Chapter will announce its awards December 1 at a ceremony in Kissimmee, Florida.Hosted by Louisiana-born actress, Lynn Whitfield, the program was broadcast during the months of January and February on public television stations across Louisiana, in Atlanta, Dallas and Houston and also online. The program, which was made possible in part by a generous grant from the Fannie Mae Foundation, informed viewers about a range of issues, including community growth, transportation, coastal protection and economic development and was one arm of the major public outreach campaign to engage citizens across South Louisiana on their views about the region's future. The unprecedented response to this outreach campaign included more than 27,000 Louisianans voicing their opinions, which formed the basis of the Louisiana Speaks Regional Plan.

Louisiana Speaks' Emmy nomination is the latest in a series of honors. In September, the Louisiana Chapter of the American Planning Association awarded the Louisiana Speaks Regional Plan with its "Current Topic Award," the Louisiana Speaks Planning Toolkit with its "Outstanding Planning Award for a project, program or tool" and the Louisiana Speaks Pattern Book with its "Public Education Award." In May, the Congress for New Urbanism also awarded the Louisiana Speaks Pattern Book its 2007 Charter Award, an annual prize honoring projects around the world that promote walkable, neighborhood development as an alternative to urban sprawl. And in March, editors of the online planning network, http://www.planetizen.com/, named http://www.louisianaspeaks.org/ as one of the top ten best planning, design and development websites in the country. The website is managed by the Center for Planning Excellence (CPEX) and powered by Knowledgeplex due to a generous grant from the Fannie Mae Foundation.

"Louisiana Speaks: Our Voice, Our Plan, Our Future," is one of three nominees in the Service Program category. The Suncoast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is a nonprofit Florida corporation dedicated to excellence in television. It offers annual Emmy Awards called The Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards to television markets in the entire State of Florida, Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles and New Orleans, Louisiana, Mobile, Alabama, Thomasville, Georgia and Puerto Rico. For more information, visit http://suncoast.emmyonline.org/.

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This blog is a forum for news and discussion about implementation of the Louisiana Speaks Regional Plan. We invite you to post your suggestions, opinions and other comments about how to make this groundbreaking plan a reality.

The planning process is complete, but the work has just begun. Show your support for the implementation of the Louisiana Speaks Regional Plan and help create a safer, stronger and smarter Louisiana for the future!

More than 27,000 Louisianians participated in the creation of the Louisiana Speaks Plan.

Background

Louisiana Speaks is the long-term community planning initiative of the Louisiana Recovery Authority and the Center for Planning Excellence. The Louisiana Speaks Regional Plan document lays out a clear plan based on Louisianians' aspirations for the future of Louisiana, and it provides specific actions to get the State there.
Louisianians Spoke. Louisiana Speaks Is What They Said.